The Dresser from You-Know-Where...

Ok, so I didn't make {another} batch of cookies yesterday.   And I didn't get to the garage, but as I was doing laundry, I figured I'd wash all my little cookie's clothes in her dresser because they yet again started to smell.
Uh huh, so the story with the dresser {from you-know-where} starts  6 months prior to our little one being born.  It was a craigslist purchase and was only $40.  A good steal, I thought.  When we drove all the way to Timbuktu to get it, I found that the thing was a piece of, well-you-know-what.  I felt bad for the lady who was trying to sell it.  She was 9+ months pregnant with tons of kids running around so we took it.

My dad graciously took it home to the Burg and fixed it up.  Brent laboriously painted it inside and out, we put new hardware on it and:

It was beautiful. (I wish I had before pictures)  6 drawers of white and satin nickel that completed her room so flawlessly.
Only one draw back- the smell.  We have tried for over a year and a half to get out the oil based paint smell.  Clorox, baking soda, tea bags, essential oils, all types of cleaners,  dryer sheets, airing it out for weeks outside, even a re-paint job.  Nothing has worked.  And I mean N-O-T-H-I-N-G.   We've been able to delay the smell, but it always comes back.   

It's got one last chance to get fixed, otherwise I'm taking an axe to it, and I'm not even going to feel bad about it.
Not at all.
So if you want to help out a dresser in need of not being turned into chopsticks and have some helpful tips, it would be forever grateful.

How to remove raspberry stains...

This is what happens when I'm making bread and I've left my child unattended with a bowl full of raspberries....

I would have gotten mad, but

 1. She's too cute

2. I gave her the raspberries in the first place

3.  She's too stinkin' cute

 I've learned my lesson, but in the mean time thought I would let you in on the secrets of removing raspberries. 

Fabric

1. Flush stain with cool water.

2. Mix one tablespoon of white vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon of liquid laundry detergent with one quart of cool water. Soak in this solution for 15 minutes.

3. Rinse with water.

Read more: Raspberry Stain Removal - How to Remove Raspberry Stains - Good Housekeeping 

Enjoy!